Update POI in Garmin?

the_big_1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 40

Hi,

Is it possible to update the POI in Garmin, not the custom ones?

Darren · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:16 pm Post subject:

No, you can supplement the built-in POIs but you cannot update/replace them.
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the_big_1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 40

Hi,

what do you mean by suppliment?
All I want to do was add more POI to the catagories that are there rather than them being in the custom POI menu

Darren · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:19 pm Post subject:

You can't. You can add custom POIs and supplement the built-in data but you cannot add/edit/amend the pre-installed POIs.
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the_big_1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 40

Awww pants Laughing Out Loud

the pre installed ones are rubbish Laughing Out Loud

most places are not in there Laughing Out Loud

backtothewind · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 21, 2008 Posts: 20

I'm a little confused.

When I add POIs to my VM I can create a category and add an icon.

So what happens with the Garmin? Nuvi 250W?

I have downloaded POIloader from the Garmin site and have coverted and saved files to my PC, just to try it out.

If I want to send the files to the unit I have the option of overwriting the existing files or removing all POI files

*Install new custom POIs onto your device
*Remove all previuosly laoded custom POIs from your device.

Does the POI loader add the correct bmp icon to the POIs in the conversion?

If I put all the new POIs on an SD card will I have to choose one or the other or will the unit read both?

Lots of question I'm sorry

PaulB2005 · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:26 am Post subject:

Choose

backtothewind · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 21, 2008 Posts: 20

Thanks Paul most helpful. The biggest problem is that there is no way of knowing what POIs are loaded by garmin as standard or can you use POI loader in reverse!!!

Removing the previuosly loaded ones must remove all the foreign ones as well ............ NOT good

PaulB2005 · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:57 pm Post subject:

Not sure what you mean. The built in POIs are built into the map data and are unaffected by POILoader.

the_big_1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 40

Is it possible to update the POI in the map with mapsource etc?

PaulB2005 · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:14 pm Post subject:

Not as far as i can see or have heard.

SRMoll · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:35 pm Post subject:

It is a shame! The built in POI data is truly rubbish, and Garmin should be ashamed of including them in the first place. I know of TWO Shell garages in the "Where Am I?" fuel list, that do not exist, one of them has been a block of flats for about seven years, the other one is a house, and these are both within 5 miles of where I live! Rolling Eyes

I wouldn't trust the "Where Am I?" function if I really needed it. Evil or Very Mad

the_big_1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 40

I know, its such a pitty the internal ones can not be updated etc.

PaulB2005 · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:18 pm Post subject:

Or even removed like on a TT....

the_big_1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 40

It wouldnt be to bad if they could be altered etc through mapsource so not a basic novice could mess them up.
The part that bugs me, is having to go to custom POI to search because its more correct and has more POI than the standard.

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